70 years of housing hell — and how to make it stop: Jonathan Glancey on the Country Life Podcast
Britain is full of architectural talent and ideas. So why is our affordable housing in such a state? 'We need to think of unusual sites and then do something special with them,' says the architecture ...
12 Mai 33min
'I hadn't seen anyone who looked like me moving outdoors': Bethany Handley on nature, access, and going up mountains in a pink wheelchair
Bethany Handley was always an outdoorsy kid. Climbing mountains, crossing rivers or surfing in the sea near her home in South Wales, she lived and worked in the wild, with a job as an outdoor activity...
5 Mai 27min
Is the cure for modern life as simple as going for a walk? Annabel Streets on the Country Life Podcast
Your grandmother was right: going for a walk really does do you a power of good.Just how much, though, is something that we're only just beginning to discover — a point made beautifully by the writer ...
28 Apr 35min
Is now the time to buy a country house? Strutt & Parker's experts on the Country Life Podcast
A wise man once said to me, about buying a house, that you ‘have to remember that this is the most money you will spend on anything, ever, so you want to make sure you get it right’. It’s probably bes...
15 Apr 31min
Viking hats, natural wines and messy lunches, with Leonie Cooper
Depending on who you ask, the food and drink scene in London is either in a state of despair or it's never been in better health. As always, when there is this much noise, it's best to get an expert o...
7 Apr 34min
The craft renaissance, with Giles Kime
Each year, the Country Life Top 100 names the very finest country house architects, interior designers, landscapers, garden designers and craftspeople in Britain. It's one of the magazine's undisputed...
31 Mar 27min
Vanbrugh, Castle Howard, and iconic buildings destroyed in the flames, with Dr John Goodall
On March 26, it will have been precisely 300 years since the death of Sir John Vanbrugh, the visionary architect behind buildings such as Blenheim Palace, Castle Howard, and Seaton Delaval. He is, wit...
24 Mar 32min
